Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola has sent a subtle message to Governor Abdurahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state, to desist from reviewing the supreme court judgement on the Offa/Erin-Ile land dispute.
The supreme Court had in December 2018, ruled a land dispute in Erinle’s favour, but Offa indigenes have disagreed with the judgment.
Incumbent Governor of the state, had recently inaugurated a committee of statesmen and diplomats to resolve the longstanding Offa and Erin-Ile crisis in the state.
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Speaking on Saturday with delegates from Erin-Ile, Babalola said he has been part of the case since 1971 and his clients ( People of Erin-Ile) won the case.
“I was the one who handled the matter in 1971 before Justice Funsho Daramola Panel of Inquiry and we won.
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“Later, the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the land, gave favourable judgement to Erin-Ile on the same matter in 1973. ”
“Nobody, no matter how highly placed, can review what the Supreme Court had said. That can’t happen.
“I am personally interested in this case because I handled the case ab initio and by practice and convention, I am part and parcel of Erin-Ile community.”